Glass-insert tile.



G. G. BLAKE.

GLASS INSERT TILE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1913.

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GLASS-INSERT TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Application filed March 24, 1913. Serial No. 756,339.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES Gr. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass-Insert Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a glass-insert tile, preferably a reinforced concrete or cement tile with a glass covered opening for the purpose of admitting light through the roof. Tiles of this general type having an opening with a pane of glass inserted therein, the glass being substantially in the plane of the tile, are well-known, but in the old construction the water as it flows down the roof passes over the glass-insert. Not only is this true, but the water stands on the lower end of the glass for a considerable period after the rain has ceased to fall. In a short time the water permeates the joints between the tiles and the glass, and leakage results.

The tile which is the subject of this invention has an upright wall which is an integral part of the tile encircling the opening, and the glass is seated in the wall on three sides, the plane of the glass preferably having a considerable inclination toward the tile and in the direction of the fourth side of the glass, which side or edge of the glass extends beyond and overhangs the top edge of the wall on that side to a considerable extent. In this way a glass-insert or skylight tile is formed, the glass of which not only is not washed by the torrent of water pouring down the roof draining from the portion above the glass, but the glass is so placed that it drains conveniently, depositing the water which falls on the glass on the surface of the tile beyond, beneath and free of the opening, so that it drains from the roof without chance of leakage.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated a glass-insert or skylight tile constructed in accordance with my invention in its preferred form. Figure l is a vertical, longitudinal section, 2'. 6., taken in the plane at right angles to the ridge-pole; and Fig. 2 is a lateral section.

The various features of the device are indicated by numerals, each of which is applied to the same or equivalent elements in the diiferent figures.

The tile 1, as shown, is provided with any suitable means at its edges whereby it may interlock with the neighboring tiles as the longitudinal rib 2 at one edge and the hook 3 at the other edge, the hook on the edge of one tile being adapted to take over the ribbed edge of the next tile. At the top edge is shown the upright rib 4t and the depending rib 5, while at the bottom edge there is a depending rib 6. When the tile is in place, the bottom rib 6 of one tile takes over the top rib 4c of the tile next below, and the depending rib 5 at the top end hooks over the purlin, but any other suitable interlocking means may be used.

The invention relates entirely to the glassinsert and the construction of the tile in reference to supporting and receiving the glass.

The tile, as shown, is pierced by an aperture 7 and the aperture is surrounded by upright walls 8, which are an integral part of the tile, upon the top of which the glass 9 is supported. ()n the three sides 10, 11 and 12 the top edges of the walls, as shown, are rabbeted at 13 with the glass set therein embedded in some suitable sealer 1A, such as elastic cement, such sealer being preferably above the glass on three sides and below the glass on four sides. The plane of the glass, as shown, is inclined toward the tile in the direction of the fourth side 15, and at this side the glass rests on the top of the wall embedded in some suitable sealer and extends beyond the same, having a considerable overhang 16.

Should the glass become loose, it is prevented from sliding oif the walls 8 by means of suitable copper clips 17 which are fastened to the fourth wall in any suitable manner, and are bent around and over the over hanging edge 16 of the glass 9 and the tile is metal reinforced as shown at 18.

It will be apparent that by the construction shown, z'. 6., the upright walls 8, a glassinsert tile is produced on which a current of water flowing down the roof is diverted so that it does not pass over the glass. Also the glass is so placed that it may be given an inclination exceeding that of the roof, and in this way drainage of the water from the glass is much improved, but it is further important that the glass extends beyond the upright wall of the opening on its lower side so that the water which drains from the glass is carried beyond the opening and deposited on the face of the tile beyond, below and outside the opening, and thus all chance of leakage through the tile around the glass is eliminated.

I have thus described specifically a single embodiment of my invention in order that its nature and operation may be clearly understood. However, the specific terms 7 herein are used in their descriptive rather than in their limiting sense and the scope of the invention is defined in the claims.

I claim 1. An interchangeable glass-insert tile of plastic material including Portland cement and'the like, the tile having an opening for the glass and integral upright walls surrounding the opening, the glass resting on the walls 011 four sides and inclined in the direction of the pitch of the roof, and on that side extending beyond the wall, the tile being otherwise shaped to cooperate with and overlap other tiles similarly formed as to their edge portions. 7 r

2. An interchangeable glass-insert tile of plasticmaterial including Portland cement and the like, the tile having an opening for the .glass and integral upright walls surrounding the opening, the glass resting on the walls on four sides and a suitable cement in which the glass is embedded, the tile be ing otherwise shaped to cooperate with and overlap, other tiles similarly formed as to their edge portions. 3. A tile of plastic material including Portland cement and the like, the tile having an opening for the glass and a raised portion surrounding the opening, the glass resting on the raised portion and extending beyond and overlapping the opening on the fourth side which is in the direction of the lower or bottom edge of the tile.

4. A glass-insert tile of plastic material including Portland cement and the like, the tile having an opening for the glass and integral upright walls surrounding the opening, the glass resting on the walls and extending beyond and overlapping the walls in the direction of the lower end of the tile.

5. A tile of plastic material including Portland cement and the like, the tile having an opening for the glass and a raised portion surrounding the opening, the glass resting on the raised portion and extending beyond the walls on the side toward the lower end of the tile, and elastic cement in which the glass is embedded.

6. A tile of plastic material including Portland cement and the like, the tile having an opening for the glass and upright walls surrounding the opening, the walls being rabbeted at their upper edge on the sides toward the upper end of the tile and the lateral edges thereof suitable cement in the rabbeted portions, a plate of glass seated in the rabbet and embedded in the elastic cement and extending over and beyond the upright walls on the side toward the lower end of the tile.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 12th day of March, 1913.

CHARLES G. BLAKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

